Five-year-old Anahi is restricted to a wheelchair, but it has not slowed her down. The little girl was pushed out of the way of an oncoming San Diego Gas and Electric Truck by her mother.

Anahi has a broken pelvis and leg. The little girl will spend at least six weeks in the chair but is expected to fully recover.

Son Remembers Hero Mom

The family of a heroic mother run over and killed by an SDG&E utility truck speaks publicly for the first time since her death. NBC 7's Dave Summers sat down with the son of Anna Herrera Rodriguez for an exclusive interview.

(Published Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014)

“She's getting better right now, but my father is the one that is struggling. But we're getting better,” Anahi’s brother Jose Rojas said.

Jose's father, also named Jose, stood with arms crossed and head down during Monday’s nightly vigil. Since his wife's death, family and friends pray the rosary every night at the sidewalk shrine.

“I see my family together and then when you wake up, you don't see part of your family,” Rojas said.

Neighbors Hold Vigil for Woman in SDG&E Crash

Flowers candles and prayers for Anna Herrera Rodriguez and her family. Rodriguez was walking her daughter and a neighbor's child to preschool when the three were run over on Cottonwood Street in front of their homes. NBC 7's Dave Summers reports.